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title: Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but… — Vows, oaths and promises in faith · tree and pragmatics
description: Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but she's at the christening. What would have been better? Test 7 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 7 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

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Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but she's at the christening. What would have been better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Erin · **What happens:** text, get, be · **To what, where:** friend, bad cold, christening

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This is test 7 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but she's at the christening.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t7:1
# text = Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but she's at the christening.
1	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	texts	text	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	christening	christening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **text** | present | Erin | Erin's friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Erin *not said here* | a bad cold |  |  | day |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cold=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present | Erin |  |  | the christening |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What would have been better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t7:2
# text = What would have been better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Telling her early and truthfully about the christening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t7:o1:1
# text = Telling her early and truthfully about the christening
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	truthfully	truthfully	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	christening	christening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | her *= she* |  |  | about the christening; early *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about christening=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Going to both and leaving early from each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t7:o2:1
# text = Going to both and leaving early from each
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | both |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to both=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  |  |  | each |  | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from each=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ignoring the friend's texts all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t7:o3:1
# text = Ignoring the friend's texts all day
1	Ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | gerund |  | the friend's texts |  |  | day |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A better excuse that nobody could check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t7:o4:1
# text = A better excuse that nobody could check
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | could | nobody | a better excuse |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

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